BetterDiscord (v2)

This is a rewrite of BetterDiscord. As of right now, all development is happening here. This branch is not ready for production yet. Looking to download the current stable version of BetterDiscord? Check the releases or the site.

Setting up a development environment

Step 1:
Clone this repository (git clone https://github.com/jiiks/betterdiscordapp) and switch to the v2 branch (git checkout v2).

Step 2:
Run npm install (or yarn install) to pull in all required dependencies.

Step 3:
Copy the files in src/injector to <path to discord>/resources/app. <path to discord>/resources/app/index.js should be the index.js from src/injector.

Step 4:
Modify <path to discord>/resources/app/config.json to point to the correct paths. The following values need to be adjusted:

• basePath should point to the location of the cloned repository.
• dataPath should contain to a directory where user settings can be stored (this can be anything, as long as it exists).
• bdPath should point to the location of src/core/main.js. Most of the time this is simply <location to cloned repo>/src/core/main.js.

The rest of the settings can be left as-is.

Step 5:
Run npm run build-client to build the src/client bundle. You can use npm run watch-client to do this automatically whenever a file changes.

Step 6:
Restart Discord.

You can now simply git pull and restart Discord to retrieve any new changes.

License

BetterDiscord is released under the MIT License.